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...tackle to centre, something has been done to steady the line, but the play has not yet been sufficiently concerted to show its true capability. None of the candidates for end have shown exceptional ability, and in this department the team seems, somewhat weaker than in former years. The back-field, however, is very strong, and should help the ends greatly on the defense. Smith, at fullback, is a reliable ground gainer through the line, and a sure tackle. All three backs. Smith Reynolds and Green, are good panters. Smith being perhaps the steadiest...
Early in the season the back-field developed a strong, vigorous attack, but the line has never reached the effectiveness of the men behind it. A scarcity of experienced men who were at once heavy and fast made the problem of building up the line difficult from the first, and team-work made little progress under the many changes and experiments in the personnel of the team. For a long time there was evident in the line a woeful lack of aggressiveness, due largely to the lack of confidence of the men in themselves and to the same unfamiliarity with...
...clean, hard fought contest. Exeter defeated Andover at Exeter. Saturday by the score of 14 to 11, in the annual football game between the two academies. Unexpected speed, combined with superior weight and a heavy back-field, gave the Exeter eleven its victory. In the first half Exeter clearly out-played their opponents, but in the second half Andover gained 136 yards to Exeter's 98 and secured first down 21 to Exeter's 14 times. Both elevens relied for their gains on straight football. The feature of the game was a field-goal from the 35-yard line...
...Concord, N. H. The hurdling of the line by Reynolds, for the Freshmen, and a 35-yard run around right end by Smith on a fake kick, for St. Paul's were the noticeable features of the game. In the line the teams were evenly matched, but in the back-field the Freshman eleven was the heavier and stronger. The St. Paul's team was not once able to make its distance by straight rushing. The playing of the Freshmen in the first half was listless, and as a result there was no scoring; but in the second half...
...game afforded the first real test of Yale's defense and the Springfield team, composed of heavy and mature men, repeatedly penetrated the Yale line for gains, mostly through Bloomer, Morton and Roraback. The Springfield backs were invariably stopped, however, by the Yale back-field, Metcalf, Mitchell and Bowman, whose deadly tackling formed the strongest feature of their team's defense. Yale's attack was powerful; the first three touchdowns being made by a fast rushing game. The final touchdown was made by Rafferty, who caught Yale's quarterback kick on Springfield's 2-yard line. The halves were twenty...